Guidebook for Christchurch

Margaret
Guidebook for Christchurch

Food Scene

It is within easy walking distance of our property and has a very good menu. It is licensed and is suitable for children.
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The Brickworks
69 Centaurus Rd
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It is within easy walking distance of our property and has a very good menu. It is licensed and is suitable for children.
It is within easy walking distance of our property and has a very good menu and coffee. It is licensed and has a sports bar showing live coverage of Rugby and other games. Suitable for children.
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Protocol
2 Colombo St
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It is within easy walking distance of our property and has a very good menu and coffee. It is licensed and has a sports bar showing live coverage of Rugby and other games. Suitable for children.
Very good cafe food and wonderful selections of coffees and other drinks. My favourite is the Triple layered mousse cake. Yum!!
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Coffee Culture Beckenham
140 Colombo St
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Very good cafe food and wonderful selections of coffees and other drinks. My favourite is the Triple layered mousse cake. Yum!!
Unique old building (survived our earthquakes).Very friendly atmosphere with old tables, chairs and everything else old including the teaspoons! It's very popular for its great coffee and food and also has a small Trade-Aid shop on the premises. you can also buy fresh coffee beans and ground coffee to take home. Parking is at the back of the building but I personally would like to see more parking available. It's not always easy to get a park because it's so popular.
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Addington Coffee Co-op
297 Lincoln Rd
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Unique old building (survived our earthquakes).Very friendly atmosphere with old tables, chairs and everything else old including the teaspoons! It's very popular for its great coffee and food and also has a small Trade-Aid shop on the premises. you can also buy fresh coffee beans and ground coffee to take home. Parking is at the back of the building but I personally would like to see more parking available. It's not always easy to get a park because it's so popular.
Very good reasonably priced meals. Live music some nights. it is also has a bar and a separate gaming room.
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Armadillos Beckenham
155 Colombo St
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Very good reasonably priced meals. Live music some nights. it is also has a bar and a separate gaming room.
Very popular little cafe only 5 minutes drive or 25 minute walk from our house. good food and drinks. Not open in the evenings.
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Fava Cafe
236 Centaurus Rd
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Very popular little cafe only 5 minutes drive or 25 minute walk from our house. good food and drinks. Not open in the evenings.

Shopping

A very unique boutique shopping centre with good cafes, restaurant and bakery. Also take a walk along The Boardwalk outside the main Tannery building to other unique shops. You will not find your usual shops at The Tannery. Just a short 10 minute drive from our property. its well worth a look. The building is an old tannery (leather works) which has been extensively renovated to the very unique building it is today. Well worth a visit on a rainy day.
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The Tannery
3 Garlands Rd
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A very unique boutique shopping centre with good cafes, restaurant and bakery. Also take a walk along The Boardwalk outside the main Tannery building to other unique shops. You will not find your usual shops at The Tannery. Just a short 10 minute drive from our property. its well worth a look. The building is an old tannery (leather works) which has been extensively renovated to the very unique building it is today. Well worth a visit on a rainy day.
Unique boutique shopping centre and much more including eateries and next door is my favourite boutique movie theatre, The Academy which is well known for it's showing of Arts films.
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The Colombo
363 Colombo St
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Unique boutique shopping centre and much more including eateries and next door is my favourite boutique movie theatre, The Academy which is well known for it's showing of Arts films.

Arts & Culture

A lovely way to spend a day in Central Christchurch followed by a walk through our beautiful botanic gardens next door.
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Canterbury Múzeum
66 Rolleston Ave
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A lovely way to spend a day in Central Christchurch followed by a walk through our beautiful botanic gardens next door.
Close to Christchurch Airport. Well known for a journey to Antarctica without actually leaving Christchurch. You will see penguins, ride snow toboggans, play in real snow and much more. A very touristy experience.
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Nemzetközi Antarktis Központ
38 Orchard Rd
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Close to Christchurch Airport. Well known for a journey to Antarctica without actually leaving Christchurch. You will see penguins, ride snow toboggans, play in real snow and much more. A very touristy experience.

Parks & Nature

Beautiful gardens and Atrium next door to The Canterbury Museum. Good food available at the Atrium cafe and an area about the history of the gardens which is very interesting.
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Christchurch Botanikus Kertje
Rolleston Avenue
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Beautiful gardens and Atrium next door to The Canterbury Museum. Good food available at the Atrium cafe and an area about the history of the gardens which is very interesting.
High on the top of Cashmere Hills, 10 minutes from our house. On a clear day you will get a fantastic view of Christchurch City and beyond to the Southern Alps and Kaikoura mountains. Very popular for walking tracks and cycling tracks. Also very popular to some of our native birds. Very good children's playground area and picnic areas.
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Victoria Park
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High on the top of Cashmere Hills, 10 minutes from our house. On a clear day you will get a fantastic view of Christchurch City and beyond to the Southern Alps and Kaikoura mountains. Very popular for walking tracks and cycling tracks. Also very popular to some of our native birds. Very good children's playground area and picnic areas.
The perfect place to sit in the sun on the beach and enjoy the ocean. Also popular for local eateries, icecreams and for enjoying the views from the top of Cave Rock. If the tide is out, you can walk through Cave Rock. A fun thing to do at the beach!
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Sumner Pharmacy
17 Wakefield Ave
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The perfect place to sit in the sun on the beach and enjoy the ocean. Also popular for local eateries, icecreams and for enjoying the views from the top of Cave Rock. If the tide is out, you can walk through Cave Rock. A fun thing to do at the beach!
Ideal bay for surfing or just lazing on the beach in the sun. Also popular for the Boulder Bay walk way around to the heads of the harbour. The walk takes about an hour each way depending on how fast or slow you want to walk it.
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Taylors Mistake Bay
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Ideal bay for surfing or just lazing on the beach in the sun. Also popular for the Boulder Bay walk way around to the heads of the harbour. The walk takes about an hour each way depending on how fast or slow you want to walk it.
Only 10 minutes from our house and ideal for cycling, walking the tracks there, having a picnic or just enjoying the peace and quiet.
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Halswell Quarry Park
Kennedys Bush Road
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Only 10 minutes from our house and ideal for cycling, walking the tracks there, having a picnic or just enjoying the peace and quiet.

Essentials

One of 2 good supermarkets close by.
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Countdown Colombo St
219 Colombo St
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One of 2 good supermarkets close by.

Sightseeing

Christchurch Cathedral (in its earthquake damaged state). Shops, cafe's, historic Art Centre buildings, the Trams, Art Gallery, Museum, Botanical Gardens, Canoeing on the Avon River, walking along quaint New Regent Street and much more. Since our 2009 ans 2010 earthquakes our central city is slowly being rebuilt and there's lots to see and do.
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Christchurch Central
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Christchurch Cathedral (in its earthquake damaged state). Shops, cafe's, historic Art Centre buildings, the Trams, Art Gallery, Museum, Botanical Gardens, Canoeing on the Avon River, walking along quaint New Regent Street and much more. Since our 2009 ans 2010 earthquakes our central city is slowly being rebuilt and there's lots to see and do.

Drinks & Nightlife

Tuesday night is the 'Jameson's Irish Band' night. (You even get to sing-a-long and dance if you want to.) We have taken many of our guests there. Well known for it's Irish drinks and wonderful Irish atmosphere! They have a restaurant which serves very good Irish and other food. You can book a table in advance and eat while the band is entertaining you. A real 'must visit' if in Christchurch on a Tuesday night. They also have another Irish band (Black Velvet) playing on Sunday in the afternoon.
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The Bog
50 Victoria St
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Tuesday night is the 'Jameson's Irish Band' night. (You even get to sing-a-long and dance if you want to.) We have taken many of our guests there. Well known for it's Irish drinks and wonderful Irish atmosphere! They have a restaurant which serves very good Irish and other food. You can book a table in advance and eat while the band is entertaining you. A real 'must visit' if in Christchurch on a Tuesday night. They also have another Irish band (Black Velvet) playing on Sunday in the afternoon.
Also very popular for their restaurant food.
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Cassels & Sons Brewing
3 Garlands Rd
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Also very popular for their restaurant food.